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The fine-barred piculet is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long and weighs about 10 to 11 g (0.35 to 0.39 oz). Adult males have a black crown and nape with wide reddish orange tips on the feathers of the forecrown and white spots on the rest. Their face is mostly light brown with some gray and whitish vermiculation. Their upperparts are yellowish olive with olive inclusions that give a faintly barred appearance. Their flight feathers are dusky brown with olive yellow edges on the secondaries. Their tail is black; the innermost pair of feathers have white inner webs. Their chin and throat are dull white.
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When to see the Fine-barred Piculet
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Fine-barred Piculet
The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Fine-barred Piculet
The fine-barred piculet is a species of bird in subfamily Picumninae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is found in Brazil and Peru.
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Easily confused with
Plain-breasted PiculetPicumnus castelnauThe plain-breasted piculet is 8 to 10 cm (3.1 to 3.9 in) long and weighs about 11 to 12 g (0.39 to 0.42 oz).
Rufous-breasted PiculetPicumnus rufiventrisThe rufous-breasted piculet is 9 to 11 cm (3.5 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 12 to 21 g (0.42 to 0.74 oz).
White-bellied PiculetPicumnus spilogasterThe white-bellied piculet is 8 to 9.2 cm (3.1 to 3.6 in) long and weighs 7 to 12 g (0.25 to 0.42 oz).
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